Helix 25.01 Highlights(helix-editor.com) |
Helix 25.01 Highlights(helix-editor.com) |
I'm primarily using Neovim for most of my editing but am keeping a close eye on Helix as there's a lot to love about it.
But its lack of proper API and total lack of server-client model makes it just completely unusable. I've seen people trying to integrate it with their file browsers, file trees, terminal multiplexers or window managers but there is just no normal way to get data into a running Helix instance other than sending keypresses and absolutely no way to get data out of it except of reading its screen. Its basic premise is just absolutely horrible which is of course completely subjective.
Another dealbreakers for me are absence of a proper debug support, code outlines, memory views, variable watchers, registers views etc. for working with embedded (as in running on microcontrollers) Rust.
Just curious.
In meanwhile I'll look into neovim and making its selection model more like in Helix. For me it's not about motion before verb... I can use visual mode etc.. but about having consistent advanced commands for refining multicursor selections like selecting in selection, searching in selection, spliting selection to even more cursors or collapsing touching selections into one etc.